Reviews
Album, EP and single reviews from The Skinny. Find reviews of the biggest new releases, as well as new records from up-and-coming new artists from across Scotland, the UK and beyond.
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AlbumsJack Peñate - Everything is New
When Jack Peñate spasmodically sidestepped on to the scene like an epileptic crab in 2006, detractors quickly lumped him in with the jangly Mockneys d... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
AlbumsLord Cut-Glass - Lord Cut-Glass
No one could accuse Alun Woodward of rushing things. Lord Cut-Glass is the alias under which the former Delgado has slowly been unveiling his solo material s... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Mastodon - Oblivion
Mastodon remain a befuddling proposition; while crafting sounds that are increasingly more accessible to a non-metalhead audience, the group keep the concept... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Cass McCombs - Catacombs
US singer-songwriter Cass McCombs returns with his second album for Domino, Catacombs, a musically melancholic but lyrically sharp record. McCombs is a drift... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
AlbumsAdam Franklin - Spent Bullets
Too strong for shy shoegazers, Adam Franklin’s old band, Swervedriver, were often lumped in with labelmates Ride or My Bloody Valentine, but in reality... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors' last album, Rise Above, was an attempt by New Yorker Dave Longstreth to recreate Black Flag's Damaged despite not having heard it for 15 ye... Read more »| 28 May 2009
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Ryan Driver - Feeler of Pure Joy
Ryan Driver has real musical pedigree: if there was any justice in the world, his band The Silt should have done for alt-country what Pavement did for Americ... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Future of the Left - Travels With Myself And Another
New musical maxim: “In the land of the three-piece, tone is King”. To support this bold new truth, Future of the Left squeeze every drop of juice... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Various Artists - My Favourite Things, Vol. 2
A techno compilation, by way of Japan, celebrates Mule Electronic's fifth birthday. The mixed results within fail to set the speakers alight. Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Singles
Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers - Hang the Noose
Woodenbox's second single, Hang the Noose, is a country tinged tale of death and remorse, and is released on the King Tuts label. Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
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Hockey – Learn To Lose
Here’s a band that has been virtually tailor-made for success. Endowed with a singer who has the rockstar book of delivery down pat (shifting effortles... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
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Amazing Baby - Rewild
Rewild has an overall airiness to its production that almost suggests a '60s vibe, with frequent soft and richly-layered harmonies echoing Beach Boys records... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
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Eyes - Night Eyes
Eyes take the irreverent poses of Test Icicles and apply it to a mess of genres on their debut album for London's Seed Records. Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
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Spare Snare - I Love You, I Hate You
"I don't care what you thinks." Hissing electronics snatched from early Grandaddy records and distorted with the scuzz of the Probe Plus back catalogue: this... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
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Thorn's Musical Journey - Broken Sword
With numerous references to religious imagery, and the occasional mention of God, one might be forgiven for thinking that Thorn's Musical Journey are - whisp... Read more »| 27 May 2009